1983 Jackie Goldberg Elected to LAUSD School Board
From her time as student leader in the Free Speech Movement to her work as a classroom teacher in Compton, and through her leadership on the LAUSD School Board, the Los Angeles City Council, and in the California State Assembly, Jackie Goldberg has been a dedicated champion of quality public education and working families for her entire adult life.
A Los Angeles native, Jackie was raised in Inglewood and educated in public schools. She graduated from Morningside High School before going on to the University of California at Berkeley and then pursuing a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from the University of Chicago. While at UC Berkeley, Jackie became a leader in the Free Speech Movement in 1964, sparking a lifelong passion for political activism and community organizing.
Jackie began her career as a teacher in the Compton Unified School District, where she taught for sixteen years, covering subjects ranging from U.S. and world history, African and Latin American studies, and women’s studies, to government and economics. During this time, Jackie developed a comprehensive reading program that raised her school’s student achievement scores in reading from last in the state average in just three years. In 1983, Jackie was elected to the LAUSD Board of Education, where she served for two terms. Her leadership was instrumental in creating a districtwide K-12 dual language education program, improving curriculum in reading, math and science, and building new schools to address overcrowding.
